Prevention of angina

The prevention of angina involves simple hygiene measures: washing your hands regularly and using alcohol-based disinfectants, putting your hand in front of your mouth while coughing or sneezing, using disposable tissues, or even avoiding to shake the hand of a sick person.

People at risk

Children over three years of age and adolescents are particularly affected by angina, and in particular by angina of viral origin.

Risk factors

Certain times of the year would be more conducive to the circulation of streptococcus. These periods are late fall and early spring. Viral angina is rampant all year round.

Treatment of angina

When it comes to treatment, it is necessary to differentiate bacterial tonsillitis from viral tonsillitis.

The latter heal spontaneously within a few days. They do not require taking antibiotics. Treatment is simply to fight the symptoms.

Thus, antipyretics may be prescribed for fever and analgesics against pain. more no antibiotics. Instead, your doctor will advise you to rest, especially in children, good hydration with fluids that are neither too hot nor too cold, “soft” foods, gargles with salt water, humidified air and lozenges for it. sore throat.

The strep throat on the other hand, require taking antibiotics, in particular to avoid complications. THE’antibiotic therapy, usually with penicillin or beta-lactams such as amoxicillin, accelerates the disappearance of symptoms and limits the spread of the germ. In the event of non-streptococcal bacterial angina, the antibiotics must be adapted to the germ found in the sample. In all cases, the antibiotics should be taken for the time indicated by the doctor, even if the symptoms have disappeared.